> 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
>     
> If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the 
> air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the
> air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the 
> horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural 
> causes.     
> 
> No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and 
> purple.
>     
> Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without 
> killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get 
> fired."
>     
> Canada is an Indian word meaning "village".
>     
> There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
>     
> Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John 
> Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the 
> last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
>     
> "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
>     
> The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South 
> Pacific.  When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber 
> machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into
> the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got 
> "the whole 9 yards."
>     
> The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
>     
> The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
>     
> The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
>     
> The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
>     
> Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
>     
> Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. 
> The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic
> stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent 
> accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too 
> sleepy to realize that *this* was the day of the changeover.
>     
> The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II 
> killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
>     
> Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."
>     
> In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."
>     
> Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
>     
> More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
>     
> The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from 
> Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye
> gouging."  Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be 
> disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.
>     
> A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
>     
> The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
>     
> Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them 
> looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
>     
> Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
>     
> Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
>     
> The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law 
> which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything 
> wider than your thumb.
>     
> An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
>     
> The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds